Official Bulletin No. 54 August 2010 World Volley Edition in English F É D É R AT I O N I N T E R N AT I O N A L E DE News bag record ninth World League ■ World No. 1 Brazil became FIVB World the star of the show. Momentous moment League champions for a record ninth Constantly a menace for FIVB Development time after they overcame Russia 3-1 with his incredible (25-22, 25-22, 16-25, 25-23) in the 2010 spiking and super- final inC ordoba, Argentina on July 25 to charged serving, the claim the $1m first prize. 29-year-old was a deserved winner of the award, further- There were many pretenders to the ing his credentials as heir to the crown but Brazil defeated them all to throne. surpass as the record World League Continued on page 2

Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President t was an immensely proud moment. After more than five years of plan- Ining and preparation, the historic first phase of the multi-million FIVB Tsunami project was complete on July 21, when I had the honour to officially open five new school buildings and outdoor Volleyball courts at five tsu- nami-hit areas in southern Thailand. The reception in Phuket will stay with me the rest of my life. It seems a long time since the events in 2004 but the significance of this moment was not diminished. The gratitude of the local dignitaries and above all the local school children and families was evi- Brazil have won eight of their record nine titles in the last 10 years dent in their messages of goodwill. But words need not be spoken. The appre- winner. After passing through the Inter- In this Issue ciation shown on the many faces was continental Round with just one defeat the ultimate reward. to the Netherlands, the side had enough Volleyball I was extremely pleased to be head of class to pass through the Final Round in • Teams prepare for FIVB World the task force as former Asian Volley- sensational style, undefeated and un- Grand Prix ball Confederation President coordinat- touched, finishing on an amazing un- • Youth ready for Olympic dream ing this project, which was launched beaten run of 13 matches. • 2011 FIVB Junior World Champs thanks to the vision of former FIVB qualifying underway President Dr. Rubén Acosta, and it gives “It was outstanding,” the returning Bra- me great heart to know the FIVB is now Beach Volleyball delivering. We will continue with new zilian Dante said. “Russia was very strong • USA and Brazil pairs victorious in schools, Volleyball courts and equip- but we put pressure on their serving and Gstaad ment in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the we had the power by using their mis- • Wu and Xu bounce back to record Maldives. On that note, I must thank takes.” Marseille victory FIVB Executive Vice President and Indo- • Victory for Rogers and Dalhausser nesia Volleyball Federation Honorary “This is a very important title,” Brazil Technical & Development President Ms. Rita Subowo, and FIVB coach said. “We never Board of Administration member and let Russia use their strongest weapon, • Volley All Festival takes centre stage Thailand Volleyball Association execu- serving. We made too many mistakes • New Technical Evaluation DVD tive Mr. Shanrit Wongprasert for their in the third set but got into the match Confederations sterling work and commitment to the again in the fourth.” • Federbrau qualify for FIVB Women’s cause. Club World Championship This FIVB aid project is in line with our The experienced Dante, called back into • FIVB President opens new schools development policy to share love and in Thailand sympathy to those who have been given the national squad after two years in the wilderness, led from the front with • Niger hosts successful Beach less opportunities in society. There is Volleyball clinic no better way to rebuild a community a match high 18 points for Brazil in the final, while usual suspects Rodrigao and • Sollys Osasco book place at FIVB than to provide education and sporting Women’s Club World Championship facilities in order to generate spirit and Vissotto, who was missing in the final • team work. through injury, were at their imposing Continental Cup kicks off in Russia • Gold for USA at NORCECA Women’s Mr. Jizhong Wei, FIVB President best. However it was the tournament’s Junior Championship Most Valuable Player, Murilo, who was www.fivb.org Volleyball World Volley News Continued from page 1 win gives Serbia their third World League and 2009 for an overall total of four silver Brazil have now won a record 15 med- medal in three years after silver in 2008 and three bronze medals. als in total including two silver and four bronze while Russia, the third most suc- 2010 World League Final Standings Best Players cessful team in the World League and Rank Team Rank Team Best Spiker Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) who collected $500,000 for second place, 1 Brazil 9 Germany have five silver medals, a gold and seven Best Blocker Dmitriy Muserskiy (RUS) 2 Russia 10 bronze, including three bronze and two Best Server Joandry Leal (CUB) silver in the past five editions. 3 Serbia 11 The Netherlands 4 Cuba 12 France Best Libero Mario (BRA) 5 Argentina 13 Finland Meanwhile, Serbia, claimed the bronze Best Setter Sergey Grankin (RUS) 6 Italy 14 Egypt medal and $300,000 in prize money af- Best Scorer Maxim Mikhaylov (RUS) ter beating Cuba in a five-set thriller 3-2 7 Bulgaria 15 China (28-30, 25-20, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12). The 8 USA 16 Korea MVP Murilo (BRA)

Teams prepare for FIVB World Grand Prix

A total of 12 teams from across the “The expectations for this year look good,” world are preparing themselves for the Brazil’s wing-spiker Jaqueline said as Bra- 18th edition of the FIVB World Grand zil search for their third successive title. “I Prix, due to run from August 6-29. came back to add and help the team and it is really good to be back in the Brazilian Sides from NORCECA have also been Teams began their plans for the pre- squad. We need to have focus and work preparing thanks to their participation mier annual tournament as early as hard to arrive well at the Grand Prix.” at the Central American and Caribbean last year with the USA travelling to Games where the Dominican Republic China with a young side for prac- came out on top in the final over Puerto tice matches against local side Rico. Ever-green and the Chinese wom- Teams competing (2009 position): Brazil en’s side. Unfortunately the visi- (champions), China (fifth), Dominican tors came away without a win but Republic (11th), Germany (bronze), Italy coach Hugh McCutcheon pointed (n/a), Japan (sixth), the Netherlands out that the inexperienced players (fourth), Poland (seventh), Puerto Rico learnt a number of new skills. (10th), Thailand (eighth), Chinese Taipei World No. 1 and defending cham- (n/a), USA (ninth). pions Brazil will be looking to put their FIVB World Grand Champions Cup disappointment behind them. China will host the Final Round of the They finished second to Italy fol- tournament in Ningbo and will hope home lowing an unexpected loss to the advantage will see them improve on their European Champions. fifth place finish last year in Tokyo, Japan 2011 FIVB Junior World Youth ready to reach for Olympic dream Championship qualifying Young players from 12 countries across Peru took part in Thailand’s Princess Cup underway the world are preparing to take part in in June finishing sixth at the internation- the inaugural Youth as al invitational tournament. The side also Singapore prepares to host the land- picked up the Junior Latin title earlier on mark event from August 14-26. in the month. Argentina have also been making prepa- Argentina, DR Congo, Cuba, Iran, Russia rations for the first edition of the com- and Serbia will contest for gold in the petition, playing in a three-team tour- boys’ edition while Belgium, Japan, Peru, nament in Italy as well as most recently Egypt, Singapore and USA will take part picking up a victory over the Czech Re- in the girls’, with the Volleyball compe- public youth side. Qualification for next year’s FIVB Junior tition running from August World Championship has started with 21-26. teams from NORCECA already decided With the squads now con- and 17 Asian sides set to battle it out in firmed the countdown begins October. to the beginning of the tour- USA, the Dominican Republic and Cuba nament, with many sides tak- were the first three teams to qualify via ing part in a number of prac- the NORCECA Junior Continental Cham- tice events in the lead-up to pionship. For full results see page 7. the Games. Meanwhile, the 15th Asian Men’s Jun- ior Volleyball Championship is set to run Peru picked up the Junior Latin from October 1-11 with 17 teams divid- Cup earlier this year as part of ed into four pools for the tournament their preparation for the first taking place in Bangkok, Thailand. Youth Olympic Games

2 FIVB World Volley News No. 54 August 2010 Beach Volleyball USA and Brazil pairs victorious in Gstaad

USA’s Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rog- by picking up the gold medal at the ers and Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva Gstaad Grand Slam on July 10 and 11 and Larissa Franca both extended their respectively. leads on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour The tournament, held in Switzerland, could not overcome Juliana and Larissa ran from July 5-11 and was the fourth of and eventually went down 21-17 and six Grand Slams set to be contested this 24-22 in the women’s final. It was the year. Brazilian duo’s fourth gold medal in sev- Dalhausser and Rogers beat Germany’s en tournaments on this year’s tour, and eighth-seeded David Klemperer and Eric firmly puts them in the lead. Koreng 21-18 and 21-13, gaining revenge China’s Chen Xue and Xi Zhang picked over the duo following their loss at the up the bronze with a 21-17, 17-21 and Stavanger event in June. 15-13 win over Brazil’s Maria Antonelli Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Ricardo picked and Talita Antunes. up bronze, beating Grzegorz Fijalek July 5-10 - Women’s Grand Slam July 6-11 - Men’s Grand Slam and Mariusz Pru- Gstaad, Switzerland - Podium Finish Gstaad, Switzerland - Podium Finish GOLD GOLD del of Poland 21-16 and 21-15. 1 Juliana/Larissa (BRA) 1 Dalhausser/Rogers (USA) Despite a passion- SILVER SILVER Klemperer/Koreng (GER) Juliana and Larissa were the bells of the ball ate fight, Germa- 2 Fijalek/Prudel (POL) 2 as they both picked up the gold medal at the ny’s Laura Ludwig BRONZE BRONZE Gstaad Grand Slam in Switzerland on July 10 and Sara Goller 3 Xue/Zhang (CHN) 3 Araujo/Ricardo (BRA)

Wu and Xu bounce back to record Marseille victory China’s Penggen Wu and Linyin Xu re- Tour in Marseille as Brazil’s Antonelli Antonelli and Talita scored a 21-17 and bounded from a 25th-place finish in and Talita picked up the women’s title. 21-12 win over Austrian sisters Doris and Gstaad to capture their second gold Stefanie Schwaiger to win the women’s medal on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World The Chinese duo scored a 21-15, 21-19 gold as Barbara Hansel and Sara Mon- win over Martins Plavins and Janis Sme- tagnolli secured Austria’s second place dins of Latvia, who were competing in on the podium with a 21-18, 19-21 and just their third SWATCH FIVB World Tour 16-14 over Sanne Keizer and Marleen van event, in the final on July 25. Lersel of the Netherlands in the bronze medal match. Elsewhere, Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz July 19-25 - Women’s Open July 20-25 - Men’s Open Prudel captured Po- Marseille, France - Podium Finish Marseille, France - Podium Finish GOLD GOLD land’s first medal on the Tour with 1 Anotonelli/Talita (BRA) 1 Wu/Xu (CHN) a 22-20 and 21-17 SILVER SILVER win over Florian 2 Schwaiger/Schwaiger (AUT) 2 Plavins/Smedins (LAT) Wu and Xu now have two wins on this year’s tour Gosch and Alexander BRONZE BRONZE following their second gold medal in Marseille Horst of Austria. 3 Hansel/Montagnolli (AUT) 3 Fijalek/Prudel (POL) Austrian victory sees Rogers and Dalhausser close in on Tour title USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser ter they picked up their sixth gold med- catch the duo now but to do so they will moved within one tournament win of al this year on August 1 in Klagenfurt, need to win the remaining four stages of the SWATCH FIVB World Tour crown af- Austria while Juliana Felisberta Silva the circuit. and Larissa France of Brazil clinched Meanwhile, Juliana and Larissa beat the women’s title a day earlier. compatriots Vivian Cunha and Taiana Lima 25-13, 25-19 to pick up the wom- The American pair downed compatriots en’s crown while Sara Goller and Laura Matt Fuerbringer and Nick Lucena 21-18, Ludwig of Germany secured bronze with 21-19 in the first all-American final since a 21-15, 23-21 win over host duo Barbara 2000 to seal the win and move within a Hansel and Sara Montagnoli. whisker of the Tour title. Only Brazil’s July 26-31 - Women’s Grand Slam July 27-Aug 1 - Men’s Grand Slam Alison Cerutti and Klagenfurt, Austria - Podium Finish Klagenfurt, Austria - Podium Finish GOLD GOLD Emanuel Rego, who beat fellow Brazil- 1 Juliana/Larissa (BRA) 1 Rogers/Dalhausser (USA) ians Marcio Araujo SILVER SILVER Cunha/Lima (BRA) Fuerbringer/Lucena (USA) USA’s Todd Rogers dives for the ball as he and and Ricardo San- 2 2 partner Phil Dalhausser picked up their sixth tos 21-16, 21-19 BRONZE BRONZE gold medal of the Tour in Klagenfurt for the bronze, can 3 Goller/Ludwig (GER) 3 Alison/Emanuel (BRA)

FIVB World Volley News No. 54 August 2010 3 Technical & Development World Volley News Volley All Festival takes centre stage

Children and adults of all ages took part in one of the FIVB’s biggest initiatives at the end of June and beginning of July as a number of Volley All Festivals took place around the world.

Launched in 2006, the Volley All Festival is an annual event that aims to teach people the main rules and regulations of both Volleyball and Beach Volleyball in a relaxed and fun-filled environ- ment. Last year the FIVB estimated that around 500,000 people participated, with the major- ity being children, and the events were covered by 192 media outlets worldwide. This year competitions took place in Uganda, Mozam- bique, Russia and Thailand among other countries with Volley All Festivals took place in Uganda (top hundreds and thousands of left), Mozambique (top right), Russia (bottom people taking to beaches and left) and Thailand (bottom right) at the parks to embrace the sport. beginning of July

FIVB Technical Courses and Seminars Calendar - August 2010 New Technical Evalua- Dates Country Type ORG. Days From To tion DVD released DR Congo BVB Grassroots FIVB 02.08.10 06.08.10 5 The FIVB announced the release of a Vietnam Level I OS 02.08.10 06.08.10 5 new Technical Evaluation DVD of the England Level II NF 02.08.10 14.07.10 13 2009 FIVB Junior World Champion- Zambia Level I OS 16.08.10 27.08.10 11 ships and 2009 FIVB Boys’ Youth World Championship on July 1. Iran Level II NF 16.08.10 27.08.10 13 The DVD, which features analysis FIVB Volleyball Cooperation Programme Calendar - August 2010 from both the men’s and women’s Junior World Championships in India Dates Country Type ORG. Days and Mexico respectively as well as the From To Boys’ Youth World Championship in Belize VCP Teachers FIVB 02.08.10 06.08.10 5 Italy, allows players, coaches and fans Kenya VCP Coaches FIVB 16.08.10 25.08.10 9 to access a large amount of tactical evaluation from a host of matches. Botswana VCP Teachers FIVB 18.08.10 22.08.10 4 Togo VCP Young Players FIVB 23.08.10 27.08.10 5 The material is also intended to serve Namibia VCP Refeering FIVB 30.08.10 03.08.10 4 as an educational and teaching tool for junior and youth Volleyball. Rwanda VCP Young Players FIVB 30.08.10 03.08.10 4

Successful FIVB courses were completed in (top row, left to right) Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, (bottom row, left to right) Uganda, Lebanon, New Zealand and Nicaragua during the month of July

4 FIVB World Volley News No. 54 August 2010 Confederations Federbrau qualify for FIVB Women’s Club World Championship

Federbrau were crowned the scoring damage leading the 2010 Asian Women’s Club side to the first set. However Thai- champions after the Thai land quickened its pace and with side beat Zhetyssu of Ka- captain Wilawan Apinyapong’s zakhstan in 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-11, scoring 23 points Federbrau picked 26-24) in the final in Indonesia on July up the win. 4. As this year’s crowned champions, Federbrau will join the likes of Ber- Japan’s JT Marvelous picked up the gamo of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at bronze with a 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, the FIVB Club World Championships in 26-24, 14-25, 15-11) win over Chi- Doha, Qatar from December 14-21. na’s Tianjin.

Federbrau continued their strategy of As 2010 Asian Women’s Club playing at a fast pace, capitalizing on Championship champions, Federbrau their blocks and counterattacks. How- (In red) will join the likes of Bergamo ever, Zhetyssu were quick to make ad- of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at the justments in the first set with team the FIVB Club World Championships captain Tatyana Pyurova doing most of in Doha, Qatar from December 14-21

FIVB President opens new schools in Thailand

FIVB President Mr. Jizhong Wei official- ly opened school buildings and outdoor Volleyball courts at five tsunami-hit schools in southern Thailand provinces on July 21. Mr. Wei and his wife joined the Thai- land Volleyball Association (TVA) Ex- ecutive Committee at the Cherngthale Wittayakom School in Phuket and Ao Nang Kindergarten School in Krabi for the inauguration of the schools build- ings and facilities. Representatives from Trang, Ranong and Satun provin- ces also took part in the handover. “On behalf of the FIVB, I would like to say that I’m very happy to preside over the handover of the school buildings and President Jizhong Wei attended the special ceremony in Thailand alongside the Thailand Volleyball Volleyball courts here,” Mr. Wei said. Association and representatives from five provinces Niger hosts successful Beach Volleyball clinic The Niger Volleyball Fed- eration (FENIVOLLEY) suc- cessfully completed their first Beach Volleyball sem- inar on July 16. The course, run in collaboration with the FIVB and CAVB, fits in with the frame- work of the CAVB’s strategic planning to implement Volleyball activity at the zonal and sub zonal levels. The seminar lasted three days and fea- tured countries from CAVB zone III as well as a number of neighboring coun- tries. The opening ceremony was attended by CAVB President Dr. Amr Elwani as well as CAVB Technical Director Howyda Mondy and CAVB Beach Volleyball Di- rector May Alaa. Eight countries took part in the clinic, led by FIVB Instructor Andre Trottier from Canada, including Algeria, Benin, Successful FIVB courses were completed in (top row, left to right) Slovenia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, (bottom row, left to right) Uganda, Lebanon, New Zealand Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Ni- The clinic is part of the CAVB’s efforts to spread the knowledge of Beach Volleyball across the continent and Nicaragua during the month of July geria, Togo and hosts Niger. with the aim of improving standards

FIVB World Volley News No. 54 August 2010 5 Confederations World Volley News Sollys Osasco book place at FIVB Women’s Club World Championship

Brazil’s Sollys Osasco be- came the fourth team to qualify for the 2010 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship on July 18 after being crowned champions of the Women’s Club South American Cham- pionship in Lima, Peru following a 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-12) win over home side Deportivo Geminis in the final.

The side will now join the likes of Fe- derbrau of Thailand, Bergamo of Italy and Prisons of Kenya at the World Club Championships in Doha, Qatar from December 14-21.

Sollys Osasco, led by Luizomar de Moura, played an aggressive and so- phisticated game that could not be controlled by the Peruvians who, de- spite the passionate support of 3,000 home fans, could not pick up the win. Sollys Osasco’s setter Carolina Albu- querque was inspirational for the eventual winners, providing tourna- Brazil’s Sollys Osasco will now travel to the FIVB Club World Championships in Doha, Qatar later this ment MVP Adenizia Silva and Best year following their win at the Women’s Club South American Championship Spiker Natalia Pereira enough options to power through the Deportivo Gemi- Banco de la Nacion of Argentina finished with Chile’s Universidad Catolica com- nis defence. third in the round-robin competition ing fourth.

Continental Cup kicks off in Russia Yugoslav legend passes away The CEV Continental Beach garia 4-0 in the final of the men’s compe- Former Yugoslavia captain Natalija Luko- Volleyball Cup launched in tition while Latvia beat Lithuania 3-2 for vic, who led her side to the country’s first Yantarniy, Russia on July the bronze medal after the four games medal at the 1951 European Champion- 24-25 as qualification for had to be decided with a golden set. ships in Paris, passed away on June 28 at the London 2012 Olympics Russia was also victorious in the wom- the age of 85. officially got underway. en’s event, beating Latvia 3-1 in the final Mrs. Lukovic played for 14 years in the The host side came out on as Bulgaria picked up third with a 3-0 Yugoslav national team and for 10 of top in the men’s competition beating Bul- win over Lithunia. those she acted as the team captain. She participated in two editions of the European Championships, for a total of 14 matches including the 1951 edition, where her side picked up bronze, the first international medal for her country.

Volleyball England unveil new look Volleyball England has unveiled a to- tal image overhaul with a new logo and fresh red, white and grey color scheme as part of a brand reposition- ing to enhance awareness, under- standing and participation of Volley- Russian star Yaroslav Koshkaryov (above) and partner Igor Kolodinsky did not lose a single set ball in all its forms in England. over the weekend in Yantarniy, helping lead their country to victory

6 FIVB World Volley News No. 54 August 2010 Confederations USA extend winning streak in NORCECA Women’s Junior Championship as they pick up gold

USA kept their success- ful winning streak at the NORCECA Women’s Junior Volleyball Cham- pionship alive by win- ning a fourth consecutive gold medal following a straight-set victory (25-22, 25-20, 25-20) over the Dominican Re- public in the final on July 11 in Mexico, Tijuana. Both teams had secured berths for next year’s FIVB World Championship due to take place in Peru by qualifying for the final. American Jane Croson, the best attacker The U.S. girls celebrate their victory on the podium following the awards ceremony at the of the tournament, was also elected as NORCECA Women’s Junior Volleyball Championship the Most Valuable Player. Cuba captured the bronze medal and “We are very happy about winning can’t do that against that kind of op- the last ticket to the World Champi- against a great team like the Dominican ponent. But the girls kept the calm and onship by sweeping aside Mexico in Republic,” USA Coach Robert Browning played consistently during the whole straight sets (25-20, 25-19, 25-21). said. “We didn’t play perfect but you week.” Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico win gold at CACGs The Dominican Republic’s women’s team and Puerto Rico’s five-setter (25-19, 19-25, 25-19, 24-26, 15-4) in the women’s men’s team both picked up their third Central American and final while home side Puerto Rico defeated Venezuela 3-2 Caribbean Games Volleyball gold medal at the XXI edition (18-25, 25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 20-18) in the men’s final. Costa of the tournament on July 24 and July 30 respectively. The Rica and Mexico picked up the women’s and men’s bronze Dominican Republic saw off hosts Puerto Rico in a thrilling medals respectively.

This time a year ago… 2010 Global Calendar - Events - Volleyball & Beach Volleyball DATES EVENT COUNTRY ORG. M/W Brazil were busy picking up their July 26-August 1 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam – Klagenfurt Austria FIVB M/W eighth World League title in Bel- grade, Serbia, while their younger August 1-10 10th African Nations championship Girls’ Youth Rwanda CAVB W compatriots scooped the FIVB Girls’ August 1-31 16th SEA Men’s Junior Championship Vietnam AVC M Youth World Championship in Na- August 1-31 16th SEA Women’s Junior Championship Thailand AVC W khonratchasima, Thailand. Mean- while, Germany claimed the FIVB August 1-31 12th GCC Men’s Junior Championship Saudi Arabia AVC M Junior Women’s World Champion- August 2-8 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Grand Slam – Stare Jablonki Poland FIVB M/W ship in Tijuana, Mexico August 6-15 Caribbean Championship Surinam NORCECA M/W August 6-29 FIVB World Grand Prix 2010 Various FIVB W August 6-7 FIVB World League 2011 – Qualification 1 Puerto Rico FIVB M World Volley News August 14-22 NORCECA Junior Continental Championships Canada NORCECA M/W August 17-18 FIVB World League 2011 – Qualification 2 Japan FIVB M Official Bulletin of theFI VB August 21-26 Youth Olympic Games Singapore MULTI M/W FIVB founded in 1947 August 24-29 Girls’ Youth South American Championship Peru CSV W President: Mr. Jizhong Wei Aug 28-Sept 5 Men’s Junior European Championship: Belarus CEV M Final Round Château Les Tourelles Aug 30-Sept 5 Women’s Junior South American Championship Colombia CSV W Chemin Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 Sept 1-30 6th East Asian Championship Korea AVC M CH-1006 Lausanne Sept 2-12 America’s Cup Brazil NORCECA M/W Tel: + 41 21 345 35 35 Sept 3-12 Women’s Junior European Championship: Serbia CEV W Fax: + 41 21 345 35 45 Final Round Sept 6-12 Men’s Junior South American Championship Chile CSV M Web Site: www.fivb.org Sept 11-20 11th African Boys’ Youth Championship South Africa CAVB M E-mail: [email protected] Sept 12-20 Women’s Junior Asian Championship Vietnam AVC W Editor: Press Department Sept 12-19 Asian Men’s Cup Iran AVC M Printed in Switzerland Sept 17-22 2011 FIVB World Grand Prix European TBD CEV W Qualification No.54 • August 2010 Sept 18-20 EuroVolley Challenge Austria FIVB rec M/W

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